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CLARENCE XV. ARNOLD, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO EDXVINBROlVN, TRUSTEE, OF SAME PLACE.

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v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,440, dated April28, 1891.

Application filed January 11,1887. Serial No. 224,026. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE V. ARNOLD,

of Worcester, county of WVorcester, State of parts.

My invention relates to a loom for weaving fringed fabrics, and isembodied in a loom for making a kind of knotted fringe in which the knotis formed by carrying the alternate picks of weft-thread wholly around aportion of the warp-threads. The fringed fabric produced by the loom hasa number of warp-threads that form the head of the fringe, which will becalled for distinction. the head warpthreads, and a short distance belowthe head of the fringe is a series of warp-threads,which will be calledfor distinction the knot warpthreads, as they, in connection with theweft, form the knots that serve both to prevent the fringe from ravelingand also to give it an ornamental appearance. The picks of fillingthreadare drawn in from the selvage side of the fabric through the sheds by ahook and are then cut off in said hook to form the fringe, and in orderto weave the knotted fringe described the head warp-threads and the.knot warp-th reads are controlled by different sets of harness-frames,a shed being.

formed in each setof warp-threads only twice for each three movements ofthe hook. In order to produce the fabric, the first movement of the hookdraws a pick of weft-thread through an open shed in both sets ofwarpthreads. Then the shed in the head warpthreads is changed andanother longer pick of weft-thread drawn in, passing through the sameshed in the knotted warp-threads as the first-mentioned shorter pick.Then the lastmentioned pick is taken by a looping device and carriedaround the knot warp-threads, which then have their shed changed, whilethe head-shed remains unchanged, and the hook draws this pick throughthe new shed in the knot warp-threads. The second or knot pick has to be'drawn longer than the pick which is not knotted, so as to bring theends of the fringe even; and the invention consists,

mainly, in the novel construction and arrange ment of theharness-frames, lay, and weftdrawing hook, with their actuatingmechanism and auxiliary devices by which the fabric is woven, as stated;and the invention further consists in various details of construction ofthe parts hereinafter pointed out, including warp and weft thread stopmechanism, by which the operation of the loom is stopped in case any ofthe warp or weft threads are broken or exhausted.

Figure l is a plan view of a loom embodying this invention; Figs. 2 and3, sectional details to be referred to; Fig. 4, a side elevation of theloom; Fig. 5, a front elevation of the lay and parts connectedtherewith; Figs. 6 and 7, side elevations thereof as seen from oppositesides of the loom; Fig. 8, a plan View of the lay and co-operatingdevices that loop the weft-thread around the knot warpthreads; Fig. 9, aplan view of the temple or clamp that receives the woven fabric; Figs.10 and 11, front elevations thereof in different positions; Fig. 12, aside elevation thereof; Figs. 13 and 14, a plan view and side elevation,respectively, of the devices by which the fringe-threads are carriedforward out of the way of the operative parts of the loom;

Figs. 15 and 16, a plan view and side elevation, respectively, of theweft-drawing hook and co-operating parts; Fig. 17, aplan view, and Figs.18 and 19, elevations in different positions, of the harness mechanism;Figs. 20 and 21, front elevations in different positions of the loopingdevice that carries the pick of weft-thread around the knot warp-threadsin making the knot; Fig. 22, a side elevation thereof, Figs. 20, 21, and22 being on a larger scale than the other figures; Figs. 23 and 24, sideelevations of the weftthread stop -motion in different positions; Fig.25, a plan view of a portion thereof; Figs. 26 and 27, a plan view andend elevation of the warpthread stop-motion; Figs. 28 to 33, diagramsrepresenting the different steps in the formation of the fabric.

The main shaft a, provided with the usual fast and loose pulleys a aactuates by suit-*- able actuating mechanism the lay b, the hook c, thatdraws in the weft-thread, the temple (1, and the take-uprollers e e e 6all of which parts make one movement at each rotation of the main shaft(4, and which parts are shown in their proper relations to one anotherin Figs. 1 and 4, the trains of mechanism for actuating each being shownsepa rately in the other figures, which will be referred to indescribing the said actuating mechanism.

The warp-threads are divided into two groupsf f, as shown, the formerconstitut ing the head of the fringe and the latter the knotwarp-threads, and each set is carried in a different pair ofharness-frames g g g F.

In the operation of the loom a fresh pick of filling-thread is takentwice only out of three movements of the hook c, and it requires threerotations of the shaft a to constitute a cycle or complete set ofoperations, such set of operations being repeated during each threerotationsof the said shaft, which is connected by gearing a (1, arrangedto give a speed of three to one with the shaft h, which latter thusmakes one rotation at each three rotations of the shaft a, or one cycleof operations of the loom, and is provided with cams that actuatevarious of the parts of the loom.

The shaft his provided with cams 9 9 that operate the pairs g g and g g,respectively, of harness-frames, and thus form two sheds in each of theset f f of the warp-threads at each three movements of the shaft a andhook c. For convenience the cycles of operations will be spoken of asbeginning when the shed is openin both sets of warp-threads. The hooks cthen draws oneloop of filling-thread through this open shed, after whichthe shed in the head warpthreads f is changed, while that in the knotwarp-threads f remains unchanged and a second loop of filling-thread isdrawn through the new shed in the head-threads, but the same shed as theprevious one in the knot warp-threads, after which the shed is changedin the knot warp-threads, but not in the head warp-threads, and at thenext passage of the hook through the shed it receives no newfilling-thread, but engages the pick of filling-thread that haspreviously been drawn into one shed of the knot warp-threads, and hasthen had the free end thereof returned beneath the luiotting-warps andraised be tween the head-warps and knotting-warps, drawing such free endthrough the next shed in the knot warp-threads.

The actuating mechanism for the hook c is best shown in Figs. 15 and 16,and consists of a crank-pin 0', connected with the main shaft a, and alink 0 connected with the crank-pin and with one arm d et a lever,pivoted at c, and having supported on its other arm 0 an arm 0, to theextremity of which the hook c is securely fastened by a clamp The saidarm 0 is pivoted at a upon the arm of the actuating-lever, which latteris provided with a stud c", passing through a slot 0 in the arm 0", saidarm being acted upon by a spring 0 connected with the arm 0", andtending to hold the arm a in the position shown in full lines, Fig. 1,and in dotted lines, Fig. 16, on the arm (I of the actuating-lever. Thisconnection between the hook c and its actuating-lever c 0" permits thehook c to move different distances from the head of the fringe while thelever 0" 0 always has the same amount of movement, and consequently thearm 0 may be arrested when the hook has moved far enough to draw thedesired length of filling-thread through the warp-thread, although thelever c 0 may continue to move by the yielding of the spring 0, theamount of additional movement thus permitted being limited only by thelength of the slot 0 in the arm 0.

The hook c is arrested at different points in its different movements bya stop if, the portion 11 of which when in line with the arm c causesthe hook c to have a shorter movement than when the portion 1" of thestop is in line with the arm a. The difference in length of-movcmentpermitted by the parts If and 1? of the stop is equal to the length offilling-thread required to pass around the knot warp-threads f in makingthe knot.

The stop 1' f is supported at one end of a lever i operated by a cam ion the camshaft 71., the said cam being properly shaped, as shown inFig. 16, to hold the part i of the stop up in line with the arm 0 duringone movement thereof, which is the first movement of the cycle and theone that draws the shorter pick of fillin g-th read through the shed ofboth sets f f of warpthreads, after which the step i 1? is lowered, sothat in the two succeeding movements the arm 0 is arrested by theportion i of the stop at the end of a movement by which a longer pick offillingthread is drawn through the second shed in the head warp-threads.The filling-thread is cut off after the hook has been stopped by thestop i or t" by means of a cutter k, inclosed in the shank of the hook,which is made tubular for this purpose.

The shank of the cutter 7a is provided with fingers 7e, that receive oneend of a lever 7.2 pivoted at 7;" on the arm 0, the other end of thesaid lever 71:" being acted upon by a washer 75*, connected by the studc" with the arm c, so that as the latter arm continues its movementafter the arm c is arrested the 19V01762 is turned on its pivot andthrows the cutter forward through the pick held in the hook c, as isclearly shown in Fig. 15. The construction of the arms 0 and c is shownin Fig. 2, which is an enlarged section on line 02:11, Fig. 1. A fingerconnected with the stud c, ongagesthe lever 7s, so as to retract thecutter k 70 when the actuating-lever 0" begins its forward movement.Thus through the co-operation of the stop 11 i and the cutter k the book0 at the first rotation of the shaft (1, draws a group offilling-th1.'eads, which is cut off the length required for the fringe,and at the second movement another loop of fillingthread is drawn in,enough longer than the first to pass around the knotwarp-threads f andthen terminate even with the first or short pick, and then at the thirdmovement of the hook c the stop and cutter produce no effect, as thehook at this movement acts a second time on the long pick, which hasbeen previously cut off. The second pick of fillingthread, immediatelyafter it is drawn through the shed and cut off, is engaged by thelooping device m, (best shown in Figs. 5, 6, 8, 20, 21, and 22,) thesaid device consisting of a holder made in two parts that surrounds andtakes hold of the pick of thread, as will be best understood from Fig.22. One member of the said holder is connected with a slidebar m', thatworks in a guide-lever m pivoted at m on the frame of the lay b, whichis actuated by an eccentric-rod b and eccentric b (see Fig. 6) on themain shaft a in the usual manner. The looper 111 thus moves forward andback at each movement of the lay,

and the slide-rod m is moved longitudinally in the lever m by means of alever m (see.

Fig. 6,) acted upon by a cam m on the shaft h, and connected at itsother end by a link on with the slide-bar m, the said link havingball-and-socket connections at either end to accommodate the variousmovements required. The lever m is shown in this instance as heldagainst the surface of the cam m bya spring movement the looper m rises,as shown in.

dotted lines, Fig. 22, to the level of the pick of thread, the lever mthen entering one recess of the cam m The other member of thelooper-holder is connected with a slide m working on the slide-bar m andnormally pressed up by a spring m to close the members of the holdertogether. WVhen the slide m is raised, while in the position shown inFigs. 1, 5, and 20, at the opposite side of the knot warp-threads f fromthe head warp-threads f, a projection m 011 the slide m engages .aprojection m on the lay-frame, as shown in Fig. 20, so that when theslide m and member of the holder formingapart of it is raised the othermember of the holder will be held down and the holder thus opened, asshown in dotted lines, Fig. 22, the opening being just in line with thepick of weft-thread that extends across to the hook c, and as the laymoves forward the clamp will pass over the pick of weft-thread, as willbe clearly understood from Fig. 22. The slide m then immediately beginsto move down, closing the holder about the weft-thread, and the lever mis then turned from the position shown in Fig. 20 to that shown in Fig.21 by means of a link m (see Figs. 5 and 8,) connected with a lever mactuated by a cam m on the shaft h. This movement of the looper-carryinglever m brings the end of the clamp beneath the space between the headwarp-threads f and knot warp-threads f, as will be understood from Figs.31 and 32, and then, as the lay begins its forward movement, the slide mis again moved up by the lever on enteringa second depression in the camm, as shownin dotted lines, Fig. 21, and in this upward movement theprojection m" of the lower member of the holder does not engage theprojection m so that the holder moves up without opening, and then bythe upward movement of the holder and forward movement of the lay, whichtakes place as the hook 0 moves out from the shed, the pick is againcarried into the hook c, as shown in Fig. 33, and drawn through thesecond time, it being understood that the shed in the knot warpthreads fhas been changed by the action of the cam 9 between the two movements ofthe needle by which the long pick was first drawn through the shed, andwas then drawn through the shed a second time, after being carriedaround below the knot warp-threads by the looper, as j ust' described.

The holder or looper m does not press upon the pick of thread, butmerely encircles and holds it, and the hook c, in making its lastmovement, draws the thread out from between the jaws of the holder. Thesaid needle is embraced above and below by spring-plates 0 0 (see Figs.1 and 13,) which give a proper tension to the thread and hold it afterit has been cut, so that the looper m can readily receive thefilling-threads f (See Fig. 1.) The filling-threads f taken from ballsat the side of the loom, are guided into the hook c by a guide a, (seeFigs. 5 and 7,) connected with a slide-bar it, working on the oppositeside .of the lay from the clamp and moving forward and backward with thelay, and being moved up and down on the lay by a lever 71 (see Figs. 6and 7,) operated by a cam 41 on the shaft h. The projecting portions ofthe said cam n produce the downward movement of the guide TL, by whichthe fillingthread is laid into the hook, it being moved in the oppositedirection by a spring 41 (see Fig. 7,) which keeps the end of the levern against the surface of its actuating-cam a, and it will be noticedthat there are but two projections on the said cam a third of the circumference apart, so that the filling is laid into the hook only duringtwo revolutions of the shaft a outof every three, the third revolutionbeing the one in which the long pick of filling-thread is drawn thesecond time through the knot warp-threads, at which time the shed in thehead warp-threads is not changed and no additional thread is taken bythe hook.

In order that the filling-threads that have been already woven in may bemoved out of the way of the loop-er m, so that it-will engage only thelong pick intended for it, the

loom is provided with a rotating brush 0, Figs. 13 and 11, driven by abelt 0' from the main shaft (1, the said brush lying under thefriction-piece 0 that bears on the thread in the hook, as beforementioned. The short pick of thread as soon as cut off is swept into thespace between the brush 0 and plate 0 by the fingers 0 on a lever 0pivoted at o and connected by alink 0 with alever 0 ,01)- erated by acam 0 on the shaft 72. This cam is also constructed to produce only twomovements of the finger 0 during three movemenis of the hook c, the saidfinger remaining stationary when the long pick is pulled in the firsttime, thus leaving the said pick in position to be engaged by the looperm; but after this pick has been drawn through the second time it also iscarried forward by the finger o and brush 0 out of the way of theoperative parts. Thetempletl (best shown in Figs. 9, 10,11, and 12)consists of two jaws connected with slide-bars cl (1 both engaged, asshown, by a lever (Z pivoted at d" 011 the temple-standard, whereby whenthe long projecting arm of said lever (Z is acted upon and turneddownward from the position shown in Fig. 10 the jaws will be separated,as shown in Fig. 11, this action taking place when the temple is movedby its springd when the lay begins to move back after its beating-upmovement. The slide-bars (1 (Z are acted upon by springs (Z (Z (seeFigs. 10 and 12,) tending to close the jaws upon the fabric, except whenseparated by the downward movement of the lever d, which is operated bya lever d, actuated by a cam d on the main shaft a, and the templestandard is engaged and moved forward by the lay as each pick is beatenup, the clamp-jaws being then closed, the spring (1 permitting suchforward movement which draws the fabric an amount equal to the increasein length made by the pick of filling-thread that is thus beaten up. Thespring (1 surrounds a rod (Z connected at one end with thetemple-stamlard, and having its other end passed through a stationarypart of the frame, as shown in Fig. 12, and provided with a nut orprojection (1 which constitutes a stop for the return movement of thetemple-standard produced by the spring (1 when the lay moves back. Thetemplejaws, as before stated, are open in this return movement, whichbrings them over the pick just beaten up, and upon which they close assoon as the return movement of the temple is ended, and thus hold thefabric while the next shed in the warp-til read is being opened. Thetake-up rollers c 6 6 mounted on shafts connected by gears e e e, (seeFigs. 1 and 4,) are actuated by a slide-bar 0, (see Fig. 1) providedwith a dog engaging the teeth of a ratchet-wheel e on a shaft connectedby two gears 6 (see Fig. 1) with the shaft of the roller e, which thusturns in the opposite direction from said ratchet-wheel, the fabricpassing beneath the said roller 0' and then over the roller (5?, asclearly shown in Fig. 1.

The said s1ide-bar c is actuated by a cam on the main shaft to in theusual manner, being moved in the reverse direction by a spring 6". (SeeFig. 1.) A spring 0 draws the shafts of the rollers e c toward oneanother, so as to press the rollers c e against the fabric between themand the roller 6 The pairs of harness-frames (see Figs. 17, 1S, and 19)are each connected with two levers the former pivoted at g and engagedby a stud g on the lever g which is pivoted at g and acted upon by thecam g". Thus one cam moves a pair of harness-frames, as will be readilyunderstood from Fig. 19. The two cams are properly shaped and arrangedon the shaft h to change the shed in each set of warp-threads f and f atthe proper times. The said Warp-threads pass from the beam or support fthrough suitable guides f, Fig. 1,and then over a device (best shown inFigs. 26 and 27) consisting of a U-shaped or channeled piece of metal1), supported on an arm 1), normally held in the full-line position,Fig. 27, by a spring 22 In order to prevent undue spreading of thewarp-threads as they pass through this device, it is made in two parts,one above the other, as shown in Fig. 27, said parts being substantialduplicates of one another and each co-operating with about one-half ofthe warpthreads. Each of the parts of the said piece 1) is provided withinclined teeth or serrations and also contains a slide-bar 1), havingoppositely-inclined serrations, which slide-bar is connected by a link12 with an arm 1) of the hook-actuating lever c 0'', (see Fig. 1,) sothat the said slide 1) moves backward and forward in the channeledpiece 1) at each rotation of the main shaft of the loom. This movementproduces no effect aslong as the warpthreads are retained by theirtension above the tops of the teeth in the pieces 1) p, as shown in Fig.27; but when any one of the threads drops it will be caught between twoof the oppositely-inclined teeth, and at the next movement of the part pfrom the full to the dotted line position, Fig. 27,the thread will causethe arm 1) to be moved against the stress of the spring 13 The arm 1) isprovided with a iingerp that normally stands just under alightly-balanced lever 2', (see Fig. 23,) provided at its end with aprojection 0-, which, when the said lever is in its normal position, asshown in Fig. 23, rests against a latch-piece N, that engages a notch inthe side of the shipper 0 retaining the said shipper in position to holdthe belt on the fast pulley a. A spring 1", Fig. 27, tends to move theshipper in the direction to carry the belt on the loose pulley a Thesaid shipper-latch 0 has pivoted upon it a lever 1"", (best shown inFig. 23,) acted upon by a spring 7", that holds the end of the lever inengagement with a cam r on the cam-shaft h, the said spring also keepingthe shipper-latch r in engagement with the shipper, as will beunderstood from Fig. 2i There is sufficient space between the lower armof the lever and the shipper-holder r to perm it the said leverr to turn011 its pivot when acted upon by the cam r without movingthc saidshipper-holderr but if the projection r is raised, as shown in Fig. 24,it prevents the movement of the lever r on its fulcrum at the upper endof the holder 0' and makes the said holder and lever in eifect a singlerigid lever, which has to turn on the pivot at the lower end of theholder 1- as shown in Fig. 24, thus carrying the said holder out fromthe notch in the shipper and permitting the latter to be moved by itsspring r so as to carry the belt on the loose pulley, and thus stop theloom. The lever r is also operated to stop the 100111 in the manner justdescribed by the breaking of the weft or filling thread by the devicesshown in Figs. 23 and 25. The said lever r is connected by threadsorother flexible connectors 25 with a series of weights if, any one ofwhich is sufficient to overbalanoe the lever r and raise the finger r,as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 23. The said weights t are provided withhooks t through which the weft-threads f pass, and when the saidweftthreads are under proper tension they will support the weights t, sothat the lever r is not affected by them; but if one of the weftthreadsbreaks or is exhausted the corresponding weight t will drop, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 23, and thus move the lever 0' and V cause the loomto stop.

It is apparent'that the operation of the stop-motion device which I havedescribed is not dependent on the peculiar movements of the weft-drawinghook and devices for weaving the knotted fringe herein described, butwould be equally applicable to a loom in which the hook or needle takesthread at each movement, or, in other words, weaves plai'n fringe, andthe means employed for cutting the weft-thread in the hook might be usedindependently of the looping device in a loom for making plain fringe.

That part of the invention which relates to the special device formingthe knotted fringe, consisting, mainly, in the hook and thelooper andtheir actuating mechanism is not limited to use in connection with thespecial devices shown forcontrolling the position of the warpthreadsthatis, the harnessframes and their actuating devices constituting theshedding mechanismnor with the lay and temple or clamp shown, all ofwhich are well-known operative parts of a loom and maybe constructed andactuated in any suitable or usual manner.

The operation of Weaving the knotted fringe may be briefly described inconnection with Figs. 28 to 33, as follows: In Fig. 28 the hook c isshown as having just drawn through a short pick of the filling-thread fthe looper m at this time not operating. In Fig. 29 the hook c has justbeen projected through the shed, which has been changed from theposition shown in Fig. 28, in the head-warp threads f, but not in theknot-warp threads f, and the thread-guide n has moved downward, and

thus laid the thread into the hook c, as shown. The said hook then drawsa longer pick of filling-thread through the shed, as shown in Fig. 30,and as this pick is beaten up by the lay,-as shown in Fig. 31, thelooper m seizes the free end just before it is cut off in the hook, andthen as the lay moves back, as shown in Fig. 32, the looper m movesdownward and laterally, so as to carry the free end of the tuft offilling-thread held by it below the knot-warps f, and then to the spacebetween the knot and head warps. During this movement of the lay theshed is changed in the knot-warps f, but not in the head-warps, and thehook c is then carried forward through the shed again; but at thismovement the thread-guide a does not move down and lay the weft-threadextending down from it to the fabric'into the hook, but the looper mmoves up, so that the hook c on its return movement engages the free endof the tuft of weftthread and draws it out from the looper m and throughthe shed last formed in the knot warp-threads f, this completing a cyclein the operation of the loom, comprising three movements of the hook cand of the lay by which two picks of the fringe fabric are woven and oneof said picks carried around aportion of the warp-threads.

I claim- 1. The combination of the warp-controlling mechanism of a loomwith a hook and actuating mechanism by which it is carried back andforth through the shed, a weft-thread guide that places the weft-threadin the said hook, and a cutter by which the weft-thread is cut in saidhook after being drawn through the shed thereby, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of the weft-drawing hook with an actuating-lever, anarm pivoted on said lever and connected with the said hook, and a stopthat arrests the said arm and hook in the movement of the lever,substantially as described.

3. The combination of the hook and cutter movable therein with anactuating-lever for said hook, an arm pivoted to said lever andconnected to the hook, a stop therefor, a cutter-actuating lever pivotedon said arm, and means for operating said cutter-lever, substantially asand for the purpose described.

at. The combination, with the shedding mechanism, of a weft-drawing hookand cutter by which the weft-thread is drawn through the shed andcut-off, a rotating brush and co-operating finger by which theweft-thread is carried forward from the hook, and means for actuatingthe said hook, cutter, brush, and finger, substantially as described.

, 5. The combination, in a loom, of mechaw ism for shedding theheading-warps and knotwarps, a weft-drawing hook, mechanism foroperating said hook in a manner substantially as described, with alooper engaging with the weft-thread after it is drawn through the shedand passing it around the knot-warps to be again drawn by the hook, andmechanism for operating said looper, substantially as set: forth.

(3. The combination, in a loom, of the mcehanism for shedding theheading-warps and knot-warps, a weft-drawinghook, mechanism foroperating the same, a looper engaging with the warp-thread and passingit around the knoewarp, substantially as described, mechanism foroperating said looper with a stop for the hook, and devices by which thestop is moved to allow the hook to draw the weft-thread that is passedaround the knotwarp to the same length as the straight weftthreads,substantially as described.

7. The combination, with thelay, of a looping device consisting of athread-holding clamp or jaws, a guide-lever pivoted on the said lay, inwhich one member or jaw of the said clamp is longitudinally movable, andactuating mechanism, substantially as described, by which the saidlooper is moved up and down and its guide-lever turned on its pivot,substantially as described.

8. The combination of the lay, the looper, and its guide-lever, saidlooper consisting of a thread-holder comprising two members, one ofwhich is longitudinally movable in said guide-lever and the other ofwhich is longitudinally movable on the first member, a projection on thelay co-operating with one of said members, and a spring tending to closesaid members together, and means for operating the said parts,substantially as described.

9. The combination of the tln'cad-drawing hook with friction-platesembraein g the same, a revolving brush, a vibrating finger by which thethreads are taken from said hook to the surface of the said brush, andmeans for revolving the brush and vibrating the finger, substantially asdescribed.

10. The combination of the shipper and its latch r with a lever r,pivoted on said latch, an actuating-cam for said lever, and theprojection a", cooperating with the said latch, substantially asdescribed.

11. The combination of the shipper and its latch with a latch-operatinglever and cam, and the device a v", by which the said lever is made tooperate the said latch, and the weight 25, connected with the device 0',as described;

and operated by the filling-threads, substantially as described.

12. The combination of the temple-jaws with the slide-bars d (l andtheir actuatinglever ll and means for operating said parts,substantially as described.

13. The combination of the main shaft and cam-shaft 71, driven therebyat one-third the speed of said main shaft, warp-shedding mechanism, alay and weft-drawing hook and connecting mechanism, substantially asdcscribed, between them and the main shaft, and the weft-thread guide aand looper m and connecting mechanism, substantially as described,between them and the camshaft 7!, substantially as described.

14. The combination of the weft-drawing hook c, weft-thread guide '11,and weft-looper 172, and means for operating said parts, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLARENCE Witnesses:

Hnsnv E. HILL, EDWIN BnowN.

\V. ARNOLD.

